10 Effective Teaching

Techniques:
How to capture and maintain
your student in Science
and Mathematics.
 Tip #1: Engage
• Engage the students in
material that has
personal relevance and
is meaningful i.e. real
life examples and
problems
 Tip #2: Variety
• Give the students assignments that involve a variety
of learning styles

Research
with
books
Technology

Hand on Experiments
Tip #3: Students Teaching
• Provide times when
students can teach each
other the material
within the classroom i.e.
group presentations
– Leadership
– Ownership
– Mastery
 Test #4: Review
• Every other day or so, allot 10 minutes at the
beginning of each class for students to discuss
among themselves what they learned in previous
lessons.
 Tip #5: Reward system
• Implement a reward system for students to
encourage them to take their learning outside
the classroom
• Reward students who can apply the material to
real life examples
• Reward students who improve from test to test
• Reward students who engage in group
discussions outside of the classroom to discuss
ideas on how to use their knowledge to solve
problems.
 Tip #6: Goals
• Help students establish short term, self
referenced goals at the beginning of the term
and have them check up midterm to see if they
are still on track to accomplishing their goals
Tip #7: Stimulate group work
• At the end of each class,
present the students
with a “challenge for the
night” and allow
students to work in
groups of 3 or 4 to solve
the challenge over the
course of the evening
and present answers in
class the next day
 Tip # 8: Evaluation
• Evaluation of students should be private and
focus on individual improvement, progress
and mastery of the material, not simply on
performance.
 Tip #9: Collaboration

• Teachers collaborate
with students to work
on a big project.
 Tip 10: Professionals
• Bring in professionals in related careers to give
talks about what they do in their work
 References
• Ames, Carol. “Classrooms: Goals, Structures,
and Student Motivation”. American
Psychological Association. 1992. PsychInfo.
Duke U Lib.. Durham. 25 Feb 2006.

• Chanter, Carol and Linda Welsh. “Fifth-Grade

Students Experience Careers That Use
Mathematics”. Teaching Children
Mathematics. December 2000. PsychInfo.
Duke U Lib.. Durham. 25 Feb 2006.